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This isn’t the first such case this year. “F1” had a middle-finger emoji replaced with a fis t, and “Thunderbolts” was released in India with muted expletives.

This isn’t the first such case this year. “F1” had a middle-finger emoji replaced with a fis t, and “Thunderbolts” was released in India with muted expletives.

“F1: The Movie” replaced a middle finger emoji with a fist bump gesture before submission, while “Mickey 17” underwent modifications prior to the certification process, according to Superherohype. The ...

For example, F1: The Movie replaced a middle finger emoji with a fist bump. The studio also modified Mickey 17 before submission. Superman released in India and globally on July 11, 2025.

Similarly, a scene showing the middle finger emoji was also deleted from F1, which starred Brad Pitt. The emoji was instead replaced with a fist bump emoji.

In that film, a middle finger emoji was changed to a fist bump before the movie was even sent to the CBFC. The studio edited it themselves, expecting that the board would ask for the change. Some fans ...

A scene with Brad Pitt’s character sending a middle finger emoji was expected to be changed anyways by the board; the scene instead swapped the middle finger emoji for to a fist bump one.